Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin cucurum or Byzantine Greek κούκουρον (koúkouron). See Proto-Mongolic *kökexür for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈkuɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uɾ
  • Hyphenation: ku‧kúr

Noun

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kukur m (definite kukúri)

  1. (northwestern Gheg, Shkodër) quiver (for arrows)
  2. (Gheg) game of "weak horses", similar to leapfrog

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kukur”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

Further reading

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  • “kukur”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • kukur”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukúr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223

Javanese

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Romanization

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kukur

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦏꦸꦂ

Naga Pidgin

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Etymology

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Inherited from Assamese কুকুৰ (kukur), from Sanskrit कुक्कुर (kukkura).

Noun

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kukur (plural kukur or kukurkhan, locative kukurte)

  1. dog